Will this help?

Ok I've just found out that something I had writen is going to be used and published (With my permision) in a book featureing many other works by defferent people on the same subject. The question being will this help me become published when I finish my actual book? I'm sure it won't hurt but being published already should help my cause right?

(I'm think i've got something to sign, and i'm getting a free copy of the book, not as nice as being paid but i'm happy my name is going to be in a book on my own work.)

I had a poem published in eight grade once. I'm sure the publishers will go crazy for me now. XD

Congratz. I wish I knew more about the subject also. I'm praying for a friendly publisher one day to find me, but as my novel draws nearer to a climax, I've decided that I'll be finding them. Good luck with your future accomplishments. Hope they all go smooth.

Letters from the dead. Zombie based theme. It's a bunch of letters from people during the zombie outbreak that get found by explorers who come out of hideing hundreds of years after the out break. I wrote one of the letters. So not vary long, maybe just over a page or so. Still I get to see my name in a book.